Building Websites for a Multinational Audience

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Summary: Thinking Locally and Globally in one go
Review: Prof. Main provides a great help for those who wish to develop Library's foreign language Web interface. Appendix A (p. 187-71) is a directory of vendors who comply with the Unicode. The details are tabulated under three facets: System (e.g., SIRSI); URL (www.sirsi.com); Unicode Compliant (No. SIRSI offers its products in Arabic, Chinese, Spanish and French. Users can select the language in which they want to search the library holdings. The entire screen, including toolbars and buttons, is immediately displayed in the language of choice. Libraries also have the option of providing one particular language in a given workstation. Asian font capabilities are limited to Chinese - p.170).

The utility of the book let's itself manifest in its online glimpse that is at the author's Website: http://senna.sjsu.edu/lmain/global/. Handy as a pocket edition, the book's price may be inhibitive to an individual's budget. But going by its uniqueness I strongly recommend this book to all libraries that specialize in Web development, and to any Web site designer who wishes to reach multilingual audiences..